Patents by Inventor Byoung-Geun Kim

Byoung-Geun Kim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240083351
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light guide plate configured to guide and diffuse a light from a light source, and a garnish body including a lighting area to which the diffused light is radiated, wherein the light guide plate is disposed at a predetermined angle with respect to the garnish body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jun Geun Oh, Min Ha Lee, Kyu Rok Kim, Byoung Wook Kim, Hoe Won Jung, Ho Sung Shin, Seong Cheon Cho
  • Patent number: 11775183
    Abstract: An operation method of a storage device, which includes a nonvolatile memory device, includes receiving a first key-value (KV) command including a first key from an external host device; transmitting a first value corresponding to the first key from the nonvolatile memory device to the external host device as first user data, in response to the first KV command; receiving a second KV command including a second key, from the external host device; and performing a first administrative operation based on a second value corresponding to the second key, in response to the second KV command. The first KV command and the second KV command are KV commands of a same type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Byoung Geun Kim, Keunsan Park, Sangyoon Oh, Byung-Ki Lee, Yonghwa Lee, Jooyoung Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230016020
    Abstract: An operation method of a storage device, which includes a nonvolatile memory device, includes receiving a first key-value (KV) command including a first key from an external host device; transmitting a first value corresponding to the first key from the nonvolatile memory device to the external host device as first user data, in response to the first KV command; receiving a second KV command including a second key, from the external host device; and performing a first administrative operation based on a second value corresponding to the second key, in response to the second KV command. The first KV command and the second KV command are KV commands of a same type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: BYOUNG GEUN KIM, KEUNSAN PARK, SANGYOON OH, BYUNG-KI LEE, YONGHWA LEE, JOOYOUNG HWANG
  • Patent number: 11467739
    Abstract: An operation method of a storage device, which includes a nonvolatile memory device, includes receiving a first key-value (KV) command including a first key from an external host device; transmitting a first value corresponding to the first key from the nonvolatile memory device to the external host device as first user data, in response to the first KV command; receiving a second KV command including a second key, from the external host device; and performing a first administrative operation based on a second value corresponding to the second key, in response to the second KV command. The first KV command and the second KV command are KV commands of a same type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Geun Kim, Keunsan Park, Sangyoon Oh, Byung-Ki Lee, Yonghwa Lee, Jooyoung Hwang
  • Publication number: 20220269602
    Abstract: A storage device includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of memory blocks. The storage device performs an alignment operation in response to receipt of an align command. The alignment operation converts a received logical address of a logical segment into a physical address and allocates the physical address to a physical block address corresponding to a free block. The storage device is further configured to performs a garbage collection in units of the physical block address that indicates one memory block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Byoung-Geun KIM, In-Hwan DOH, Joo-Young HWANG, Seung-Uk SHIN, Min-Seok KO, Jae-Yoon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220261171
    Abstract: A storage device includes a main storage including a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices, the main storage device configured to store data; and a storage controller configured to control the main storage. The storage controller is configured to, divide a plurality of memory blocks of the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices into a plurality of banks, assign each one of the plurality of banks into one of a) a plurality of sets and b) one free bank, each of the plurality of sets including at least one bank, perform data migration operation to transfer the data among the sets by using the one free bank in response to an input/output (I/O) request from an external host device while securing a specific I/O execution time, and control the data migration operation such that the I/O request is independent of the data migration operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Geun KIM, Jae-Yoon CHOI, Joo-Young HWANG
  • Patent number: 11354057
    Abstract: A storage device includes a main storage including a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices, the main storage device configured to store data; and a storage controller configured to control the main storage. The storage controller is configured to, divide a plurality of memory blocks of the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices into a plurality of banks, assign each one of the plurality of banks into one of a) a plurality of sets and b) one free bank, each of the plurality of sets including at least one bank, perform data migration operation to transfer the data among the sets by using the one free bank in response to an input/output (I/O) request from an external host device while securing a specific I/O execution time, and control the data migration operation such that the I/O request is independent of the data migration operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Geun Kim, Jae-Yoon Choi, Joo-Young Hwang
  • Patent number: 11341043
    Abstract: A storage device includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of memory blocks. The storage device performs an alignment operation in response to receipt of an align command. The alignment operation converts a received logical address of a logical segment into a physical address and allocates the physical address to a physical block address corresponding to a free block. The storage device is further configured to performs a garbage collection in units of the physical block address that indicates one memory block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung-Geun Kim, In-Hwan Doh, Joo-Young Hwang, Seung-Uk Shin, Min-Seok Ko, Jae-Yoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20210216220
    Abstract: An operation method of a storage device, which includes a nonvolatile memory device, includes receiving a first key-value (KV) command including a first key from an external host device; transmitting a first value corresponding to the first key from the nonvolatile memory device to the external host device as first user data, in response to the first KV command; receiving a second KV command including a second key, from the external host device; and performing a first administrative operation based on a second value corresponding to the second key, in response to the second KV command The first KV command and the second KV command are KV commands of a same type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: BYOUNG GEUN KIM, KEUNSAN PARK, SANGYOON OH, BYUNG-KI LEE, YONGHWA LEE, JOOYOUNG HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200159656
    Abstract: A storage device includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of memory blocks. The storage device performs an alignment operation in response to receipt of an align command. The alignment operation converts a received logical address of a logical segment into a physical address and allocates the physical address to a physical block address corresponding to a free block. The storage device is further configured to performs a garbage collection in units of the physical block address that indicates one memory block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Byoung-Geun Kim, In-Hwan Doh, Joo-Young Hwang, Seung-Uk Shin, Min-Seok Ko, Jae-Yoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10613765
    Abstract: A storage device includes a first non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of first banks having a plurality of first addresses and a second non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of second banks having a plurality of second addresses assigned to each according to different assignment policies, and a controller. The plurality of second addresses corresponds to the plurality of first addresses. The second non-volatile memory mirrors data items stored in the first addresses to store them in the second addresses. The controller is configured to receive a command from a host to control the first non-volatile memory and the second non-volatile memory. The controller provides a read command received from the host simultaneously to first and second non-volatile memories, and outputs to the host an earlier one between data provided from the first non-volatile memory and data provided from the second non-volatile memory based on the read command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byoung Geun Kim
  • Publication number: 20200081647
    Abstract: A storage device includes a main storage including a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices, the main storage device configured to store data; and a storage controller configured to control the main storage. The storage controller is configured to, divide a plurality of memory blocks of the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices into a plurality of banks, assign each one of the plurality of banks into one of a) a plurality of sets and b) one free bank, each of the plurality of sets including at least one bank, perform data migration operation to transfer the data among the sets by using the one free bank in response to an input/output (I/O) request from an external host device while securing a specific I/O execution time, and control the data migration operation such that the I/O request is independent of the data migration operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Byoung-Geun Kim, Jae-Yoon Choi, Joo-Young Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190087100
    Abstract: A storage device includes a first non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of first banks having a plurality of first addresses and a second non-volatile memory comprising a plurality of second banks having a plurality of second addresses assigned to each according to different assignment policies, and a controller. The plurality of second addresses corresponds to the plurality of first addresses. The second non-volatile memory mirrors data items stored in the first addresses to store them in the second addresses. The controller is configured to receive a command from a host to control the first non-volatile memory and the second non-volatile memory. The controller provides a read command received from the host simultaneously to first and second non-volatile memories, and outputs to the host an earlier one between data provided from the first non-volatile memory and data provided from the second non-volatile memory based on the read command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Byoung Geun Kim
  • Patent number: 8812775
    Abstract: A memory system, comprises a nonvolatile memory comprising multiple memory cells, and a memory controller configured to control respective cell levels of the memory cells by assigning a logical address of each memory cell to one of multiple address groups according to a frequency with which the logical address has been accessed, determining a cell level for each address group, and controlling each memory cell to have the cell level of the address group to which its logical address is assigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung Geun Kim
  • Patent number: 8572652
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to display channel information in a digital broadcasting receiver. The apparatus includes a first tuner to receive a signal of one of the plurality of channels, a plurality of second tuners to extract channel information and a representative image for each of the plurality of channels from a broadcasting signal during reception of the signal of the selected channel by the first tuner, and a display to display the channel information and the representative image for each channel when requested by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Geun Kim
  • Publication number: 20120254581
    Abstract: A memory system, comprises a nonvolatile memory comprising multiple memory cells, and a memory controller configured to control respective cell levels of the memory cells by assigning a logical address of each memory cell to one of multiple address groups according to a frequency with which the logical address has been accessed, determining a cell level for each address group, and controlling each memory cell to have the cell level of the address group to which its logical address is assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byoung Geun Kim
  • Publication number: 20090205009
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to display channel information in a digital broadcasting receiver. The apparatus includes a first tuner to receive a signal of one of the plurality of channels, a plurality of second tuners to extract channel information and a representative image for each of the plurality of channels from a broadcasting signal during reception of the signal of the selected channel by the first tuner, and a display to display the channel information and the representative image for each channel when requested by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Geun Kim